好施散的，有多人求他的恩情；爱送礼的，人都为他的朋友。

有权贵的，许多人求他赏脸；爱送礼的，人都作他的朋友。

有权贵的，许多人求他赏脸；爱送礼的，人都作他的朋友。

大家都讨好慷慨的人，人人都结交好施赠的。

尊贵的人，很多人求他的情面；慷慨施赠的，人人都作他的朋友。

许多人恳求高贵者的情面，每个人都是送礼之人的朋友。

好施散的，有多人求他的恩情；愛送禮的，人都為他的朋友。

有權貴的，許多人求他賞臉；愛送禮的，人都作他的朋友。

有權貴的，許多人求他賞臉；愛送禮的，人都作他的朋友。

大家都討好慷慨的人，人人都結交好施贈的。

尊貴的人，很多人求他的情面；慷慨施贈的，人人都作他的朋友。

慷慨的、許多人求他的情面；愛送禮的、人都做他的朋友。

許多人懇求高貴者的情面，每個人都是送禮之人的朋友。

好施濟、則求之者多、好饋遺、則友之者眾、

位居民牧、求恩者多、厚禮施人、欲交者眾。

好揮霍者、諂之者多、好餽禮者、人俱欲與之交、

Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

Many try to win the favor of rulers. And everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.

Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!

Many seek a ruler’s favor, and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

Many will seek the favor of a generous person, And every person is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Many entreat the favor of the nobility, And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Many seek a ruler’s favor, and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man[ is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice. (niv)

A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. (niv)

A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. (niv)

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath. (niv)

A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. (niv)

So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. (niv)

And be sure to say,‘ Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought,“ I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.” (niv)

When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. (niv)

When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners. (niv)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (niv)

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (niv)

and said to him,“ May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.For I your servant know that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first from the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet my lord the king.”Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said,“ Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the Lord’s anointed.”David replied,“ What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”So the king said to Shimei,“ You shall not die.” And the king promised him on oath.Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him,“ Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”He said,“ My lord the king, since I your servant am lame, I said,‘ I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba my servant betrayed me.And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever you wish.All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”The king said to him,“ Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land.”Mephibosheth said to the king,“ Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.”Barzillai the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there.Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.The king said to Barzillai,“ Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.”But Barzillai answered the king,“ How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way?Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”The king said,“ Kimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you wish. And anything you desire from me I will do for you.”So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell, and Barzillai returned to his home. (niv)

Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. (niv)

The city of Tyre will come with a gift, people of wealth will seek your favor. (niv)